IAI-Data-CRN_009_Brasil_Para: Expansao e trajetorias da pecuaria na Amazonia: Para, Brasil

This book, Expansao e trajetorias da pecuaria na Amazonia: Para, Brasil, investigates the socioeconomic and biophysical factors that influence the growth of cattle ranching in the Brazilian state of Para in the Amazon (2003). In-depth interviews were performed with land managers by an interdisciplinary team of researches.

Data collection and analysis focused on the decision making process by which landholders take into account social and biophysical factors in their decision to (a) invest in cattle, in their (b) selection of pasture management technologies, and in (c) the strategies they adopt to deforest primary or secondary growth. The regional case study (162 pages) includes an introduction and six chapters: Context and Methodological Summary; Criteria for Site Selection; Why Landholders Invest in Cattle; Why Landholders Choose a Type of Pasture Management; Why Ranchers Deforest; Conclusion and Policy Recommendations.